Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 16564, Benjamin Dow, N.H.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N 76
How, Benjamin Ruth
N 16564
CONTENTS

2269  New Hampshire
Ruth Dow widow of Benjamin Dow
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 1808 of Rockingham in the State of N.H. who was a priv. in the  Co. commanded by Captain Parsons of the regt commanded by Col. Seaton in the N.H. militia line for 6 m. 1d.
Inscribed on the Roll of Portsmouth at the rate of 20 Dollars 11 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 day of April 1839 and sent to Benj. Dow Jr. Kensington N.H.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1839 $60.33 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sep '39 10.06
$70.39
{ Act July 7, } { 1838. }
Recorded by D. M. Curdy Clerk, Book A. Vol. 1. Page 38.
Letter to 3 d Auditor 21. June 1841.
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 16 th April 1838 from 4 March 1839 to 4 th Sep 1840. Agt notified 13 July 1841
Paid as above from Sept 4 th 1840 to 4 th March 1841. Agt notified June 25 th 1842.
3 d Auditor Jan 31/55
Let 9. Dec. Feb. 5/55

1757
Ruth Dow
Wid of Benj
MH
Ad July 7 1838
Manned 1780
died 1808
Allen h m 1 d pr
$20.11 pr ann
MH Melba
Leop Passers
led South
on roll
Benj Dow to Kensington MH

State of New Hampshire Rockingham ss
On this fifteenth day of September A.D. 1830 at Kenning- ton in said County, personally appear- ed before the Hon. Bradbury Balliett Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for said County. Ruth Dore a resident of said Kensington aged Eighty three years and upwards, who being first duly sworn according to law doth an- dul oaths make the following Decla- ration in order to obtain the bene- fit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 7. 1830 entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows" That That she is the widow of Benjamin Dore late of said Kensington deceased who was a regular soldier in the Army of the United States in the War of the Revolu- tion, and who according to the best of her knowledge and belief, enlisted in the company commanded by Capt Joseph Parsons Company in the Regiment commanded, she thinks by Col. Denter (being as she sup- poses a New Hampshire Regiment) in the month of June 1777 and served in said Company till the Jan- uary following in 1778 - and she respectfully refers to the rolls and records touching the service of the New Hampshire Regiments at Washington for further evidence of the terms of her late husband's service & the periods he served - She further declares that she was

married to the said Benjamin Dow at said Kennington by the Rev Jeremiah Fogg Minister of said Kennington on the first day of February (A.D. 1790) in the year seventeen hundred and eighty; that prior to her mar- riage her name was Ruth Fellows; that her husband the said Benjamin Dow died on the fifth of March in the year eighteen hundred and eight; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January seventeen hundred and nine from which at the time above stated! and that since the death of the said Benjamin Dow she hath never in- termarried but hath ever remain and still is his widow
Ruth Dow.
Sworn to and subscribed this day and year first before written
Bradbury Bartlett.
I certify that by reason of bodily infirm- ity the said Ruth Dow cannot attend court to make her application. Bradbury Bartlett, Judge of the court of common pleas.
State of New Hampshire Rockingham ss
I Ezra B Hott Clerk of the court of common Pleas for said County of Rockingham do hereby certify that the Hon Brad- bury Bartlett is one of the judges of

said Court; — That the foregoing signa- tures purporting to be his are genuine and in his own proper handwriting; and that the foregoing contains the original proceedings before him in the matter of the application of Ruth Dowe for a Pension
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this seventeenth day of September A.D. 1832
J. B. Hill Clerk

I, John T. Blake of Kensington in the County of Rockingham & State of New Hampshire, depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in said town of Kensington, and that I have lawfully examined the records belonging to said town, and cannot find recorded on the town books of said Kensington the Marriage of Benjamin Dow & Ruth Fellows. John T. Blake
State of New Hampshire
Rockingham ss - Sworn & Subscribed.
This tenth day of September A.D. 1888.
Before me - Ira Blake Just Peace

I, Elizabeth Osgood of Kensington in the County of Rockingham & State of New Hampshire, being fifty six years of age, depose and say, that I am the grand daughter of the late Rev. Jeremiah Fogg, formerly a settled Minister of the Gospel in said town of Kensington, that I now reside in the same house where the said Fogg lived, in said Kensington, & always have resided in said house with the exception of four or five years, & that I now have in my possession what I believe to be a true Manuscript copy of the original records of my late grandfather, the Rev Jeremiah Fogg, it being a record of Baptisms, Deaths & Marriages, the Marriages containing ten pages are between the years 1737 & 1784. Said Manuscript being copied by my uncle William Fogg, and I have no doubt but that said copy was made by the direction of my said Grandfather, a part of the same being in his own handwriting, the original being now lost. On said Manuscript copy now in my possession, there is recorded a marriage which is as follows. Married February first seventeen hundred & eighty Benjamin Dow to Ruth Fellows, and I believe the foregoing to be a true copy of said Manuscript in my possession, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on said Manuscript in fair legible figures as follows (1780 Febry 1 st Benjamin Dow to Ruth Fellows. And I further say the above is a true extract from said Manuscript with the exception above named. Elizabeth Osgood
State of New Hampshire Rockingham ss.
Sworn & subscribed this tenth day of September A.D 1838. Before me - Ira Blake Just. Peace I certify that the above named Elizabeth Osgood is a credible person Ira Blake Justice of the Peace

I Benjamin Dore of Kensington in the County of Rockingham State of New Hampshire of lawful age depose and say that I am the son of Benjamin Dore Husband of Ruth Dore who applies for a pension that my Father died in the year One thousand eight hundred and eight March the fifth and my mother has not been married since his death and has always resided in said Kensington
Benjamin Dore for Hampton Falls September 10 th 1830 on the day above written said Benjamin Dore personally and gave oath to the truth of the above deposition
Thomas Leavitt Justice of the Peace I certify that I have been personally acquainted with said Benjamin Dore and consider him entitled to full credit also noted the time of his father's death being a neighbour
Thomas Leavitt Justice of the Peace

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 165-64
Beth Dow
Widow of Benjamin Dow Brn. Rev. War
Act: July 7 th 1838
Index:—Vol. A , Page 189
[Arrangement of 1870.]

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
June 18 th 1842.
Sir:
Under the Act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States,"
Ruth Boor, _____
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Portsmouth, N.H. _____
Agency, at the rate of Twenty _____ Dollars and
11 _____ Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th July 1838,
_____ , has been paid at this Department, from the
1 st of Sept. 1840, to the 4 th March 1841.
Respectfully, yours,
Edward B. Lane Comptroller
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office, June 22 d , 1841.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Ruth Dow _____ a Pensioner on the Roll of the Portsmouth, N.H. Agency, at the rate of Twenty — Dollars and 11 Cents per annum, under the law of the 4 th July 1838. has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March 1839. to the 4 th Sept. 1840.
Respectfully yours,
Edward L. Carris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

Pay Doo M c 1780. d 1808
Jun 17. 1. Jan 78 Capt. Parson Col. Sinton
An roll from July 5 th to Jan 5 th Vol 2
1111

Exeter Sept 17. 1880 Hon J L Edwards Com d Pensions. Sir
Enclosed is the Application of Ruth Dow for a Pension, and the evidence which, with the Rolls se in your office, it is hoped will support her claim
Will you be so good as to communicate, in relation to her Application, with her son, whose address is Mr Benjamin Dow Jun Hensington St. Hamp n
I am Sir very respectfully Yours obed t John Kelly

Robert Marshall
Disposition

I Robert Marshall of Hampton Falls in the County of Rockingham State of New Hampshire aged Eighty five Years Depose and say that in June one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven I enlisted into the United Army in the war of the rebellion New Hampshire recruits Capt. Joseph Parsons Company Lieut Joseph Dow Ensign Jonathan Leavitt I believe Col, Central Regiment at the same time Benjamin Dow of Kingston in said county enlisted into said company; he was some said time the husband of the now widow Ruth Dow who is the applicant in this case we were mustered in said June Marched to and stationed at Rodislane and there remained until the first of January following all of which time said Dow served in said company as a soldier Hampton Falls Sept 10 th 1888 Robert Marshall
On the day above written said Robert Marshall gave Oath to the truth of the above before me
— Thomas Leavitt Justice Peace I certify that I have known said Marshall more than forty years and consider entitled to full credit Thomas Leavitt Justice Peace